A woman suspected of threatening a United Airlines flight attendant this summer is expected in court today.

Lashonda Williams was on a flight from Nashville to Houston when she made the threat, according to her arrest warrant. When a flight attendant told her to turn her cellphone off after takeoff, Williams allegedly responded, “I kill white people like you.”

“Anxiety and fear” rippled through the plane after the alleged threat, according to the warrant. The plane landed and returned to the gate.

Williams, 43, was charged with assault. She is scheduled to appear before Judge Casey Moreland at 9 a.m. for a trial date.

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